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This book was a surprise as it is a surprising read in every way. With an ending I wasn't expecting. Having books is a crime. REPORT IT. In three parts the book will tell the story of Hilary and his love for books and the girl Alice who loves to hear ...

Having books is a crime. REPORT IT. The book is divided in three parts. In it we will know the story of Hilario who loves books and the girl Alice, who loves to hear stories. Hilarious is accused of a crime he swears he did not commit and for not carrying the Gene-C and ...

Imagine living in a world where books became so obsolete that they were banned forever? This is the theme of dystopia written by Fausto Panicacci, "The Silence of Books." Books, in this reality, are objects that no longer make a difference in the middle ...

The work reflects a work of deep dedication and quality of content. It is remarkable through the numerous literary references and language at various times far-fetched (but not boring), the scholarship that accompanies the author and which, he has overflowed in his ...

Alice Crastino is a little Portuguese girl, who is relegated by her family and is only called "girl". Faced with its loneliness, it counts on the friendship of the animals that live near its residence. Until a gentleman arrives at Vila Nova de Gaia, the mysterious Santiago Pena, ...

The book, narrated in third person is a dystopia, which tells about Alice and Santiago, this one has just arrived in Portugal, at a time when books are prohibited. The work is divided into three parts, the first "Through the Eyes of Alice" tells about Alice, a child who loves ...

Set now in Portugal, now in Brazil, in a not too distant dystopian future, the book tells the story of Santiago, a mysterious man who moves to the side of Alice's house, a very imaginative and captivating child. The girl lives there with her parents and her ...

Having Books is a Crime, Denounce In a society where loving the world of literature is considered one of the worst crimes we can commit, we embark on the stories of Alice and Hilary. A narrative divided into three parts (Through Alice's eyes, through other eyes and back ...

How about a reflection today? In just over 200 pages, Fausto Lucciano Panicacci chronicles a dystopian reality in which books are viewed in a different way - or not so much - as we know it today, physical books are banned, knowledge becomes ...

Having books is a crime. REPORT IT!!! This book was my first contact with the writing of author Fausto Panicacci and I can say that I was very impacted. The book tells the story at a time when books were banned. I stopped to think about it and was so ...

For readers who love dystopia, this is a book that I would point out to everyone to read. Seriously, read on. Now imagine a place where you can't have any books, digital or physical, and if anyone found or reported you would be arrested and all your ...

This book is a crystal ball. A tribute to the literature. It's that book that tells you books. A dystopia that shows us what a future where books are forbidden and possessing would look like is a crime. In addition to all this, we still have a way of controlling ...

Starting with one of the best (and spoiler-free) prefaces I've ever read in a book, it's an ode to literature; featuring beautifully constructed characters from an insight from the author who, as he strolled through Portugal, caught a glimpse of a little girl trying to draw ...

A book in which I was delighted as soon as I met him, walking through the feeds. And then I got mine. And to increase my happiness, I find LC Communication Agency's proposal for a Collective reading. Of course I threw myself headlong into this adventure ....

The silence of books is a dystopia, in this new society books are forbidden due to all the technological advances that exist. The book brings us the story of a girl named Alice, extremely curious she loves stories, but her parents pretty much ...

In the not too distant future, having books is a crime! Bookstores and libraries were attacked, destroyed, millions of books were burned, digital collections were destroyed by viruses. In this new world, the law allows only digital works not protected against ...

"For it is in Literature that Humanity confesses itself: it is the mirror in which we find ourselves stripped, and we can then become a little better." And despite all this power of literature - or precisely why - having books is prohibited and who has them, if it is ...

What would you do if the books we know were banned? What would you do if having books was CRIME? In The Silence of Books, we know a beautiful dystopia that treats the technology age differently, although we see how much technology benefits us here ...

After all, what would a world be like when having books is a crime? With a poetic narrative and mood that evokes a typical episode of the Black Mirror series, the author transports us to an alternative future where not only this nonsense happens, but many other absurdities, such as the ...